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Apollo 17 Schmitt Suits Up With Al Shepard

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-547

7 December 1972

Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Jack Schmitt shares a moment with astronaut Alan Shepard during pre-launch suiting up operations.

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Apollo 17 Evans Shakes Slayton's Hand

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-546

7 December 1972

Apollo 17 Command Module Pilot Ron Evans shakes Deke Slayton's hand during pre-launch suiting up operations in the Astronaut Quarters of the Mann Spacecraft Operation Building.

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Apollo 17 Cernan Final Suit Checks

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-545

7 December 1972

Technicians make their final suit checks to Apollo 17 Mission Commander Gene Cernan during pre-launch suiting up operations in the Astronaut Quarters of the Mann Spacecraft Operation Building in the early hours of the morning for the start of the final lunar landing mission.

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Apollo 17 Crew Suits Up For Launch

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1519

21 November 1972

The Apollo 17 Prime Crew suits up in the Astronaut Quarters in the Mann Spacecraft Operation Building in the very early hours on the morning of the launch. Gene Cernan, foreground, watches technicians conduct final spacesuit pressure checks for himself and his crew. Ron Evans is standing in the middle with Jack Schmitt in the far couch.

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Apollo 17 Crew Walk Out

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-542

7 December 1972

Eugene Cernan stops to say good by to family and friends during walk out to the Astro-Van that will take them to the launch Pad and their waiting Apollo 17 space vehicle.

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Apollo 17 Crew Walk Out #2

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-543

7 December 1972

Ron Evans stops to say good by to family and friends during walk out to the Astro-Van that will take them to the launch Pad and their waiting Apollo 17 space vehicle. Alan Shepard can be seen following the crew out.

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Apollo 17 Commander Cernan Last To Enter

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1530

7 December 1972

Apollo 17 Mission Commander Eugene Cernan says good by to closeout team members in the White Room prior to entering the spacecraft for the start of the mission.

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Apollo 17 Night Launch

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. G-73-5346

7 December 1972

The 363-feet tall Apollo 17 (Spacecraft 114/Lunar Module 12/Saturn 512) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., 17 December 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night-time lift-off of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Flame from the five F-1 engines of the Apollo/Saturn first (S-1C) stage illuminates the night-time scene.

This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition and printed on 'A Kodak Paper'.

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Apollo 17 Lift Off

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 107-KSC-72P-624

7 December 1972

Lift-off of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 7, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night launch of a Saturn V rocket.

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Apollo 17 Lift Off #3

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1529

7 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Lift Off #4

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

7 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Agnew Thanks Launch Crew

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72PC-550

7 December 1972

VP Spiro Agnew is seen congratulating the launch team personnel in Firing Room 1about 15 minutes after the Apollo 17 Saturn V was launched.

To Agnew's right is George Low and behind him is James Fletcher. Walter Kapyran is in the centre of the photograph with Dr. Hans Grunen on the extreme right.

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Apollo 17 Firing Room 1 After Lift Off

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1524

7 December 1972

Launch personnel within Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Centre listen to remarks by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew about 15 minutes following the successful launch of the Apollo 17 Saturn V.

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Apollo 17 Earth View

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-148-22727

8 December 1972

This view of Earth was seen by the Apollo 17 crew as they travelled toward the moon on their NASA lunar landing mission. This outstanding trans-lunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the north-eastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is the Malagasy Republic. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast.

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Apollo 17 Earth View

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-148-22727

8 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Sulpicius Gallus Lunar View

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-149-22880

10 December 1972

An outstanding lunar view featuring the Sulpicius Gallus taken by the Apollo 17 crew during the 65th revolution of the Moon while in lunar orbit. The location of this lunar view is 19.8 deg North latitude and 10.4 deg East longitude.

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Apollo 17 Cernan LRV Checkout

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-147-22526

12 December 1972

Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 mission commander, makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This view of the "stripped down" Rover is prior to load-up. This photograph was taken by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. The mountain in the right background is the east end of South Massif.

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Apollo 17 Cernan LRV Checkout #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-147-22526

12 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Cernan LRV Checkout #3

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

12 December 1972

Harrison Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The front portion of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is visible on the left.

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Apollo 17 Schmitt Takes Lunar Rake Sample

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-134-20425

12 December 1972

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander. The lunar rake, an Apollo lunar geology hand tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips ranging in size from one-half inch (1.3 centimetre) to one inch (2.5 centimetre).

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Apollo 17 Orange Soil Found At Station 4

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-137-20989

12 December 1972

A close-up view of the orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The orange soil was first spotted by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt.

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Apollo 17 Schmitt At Shorty Crater

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-137-21011

11 December 1972

A view of the lunarscape at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt working at the lunar roving vehicle during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted the orange soil. Orange soil is clearly visible on either side of the rover in this picture. Shorty Crater is to the right. The peak in the center background is Family Mountain. Portion of South Massif is on the horizon at the left edge.

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Apollo-17 Cernan At The Rover

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

12 December 1972

A wonderful lunar view of the Flag, LRV and Commander Gene Cernan working at the Rover.

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Apollo-17 Cernan Flag Abd Rover

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

12 December 1972

Eugene A. Cernan, mission commander, walks toward the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site of NASA's sixth and final Apollo lunar landing mission.

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Apollo 17 Schmitt At Tracy's Rock

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-140-21496

12 December 1972

Scientist-astronaut Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder (Tracy's Rock) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander.

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Apollo 17 Schmitt At Station 6

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-146-22294

12 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Schmitt At Station 6

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

12 December 1972

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Cernan & Schmitt Salute The Youth

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S-72-55420

13 December 1972

Eugene A. Cernan (on left) and Harrison H. Schmitt pay their respects and send their best wishes to the members of the International Youth Science Tour, who were visiting the Manned Spacecraft Center, in brief ceremonies near the close of the third Apollo 17 EVA at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture is a reproduction taken from a colour television transmission made by the RCA colour TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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Apollo 17 LRV Fender Bender

10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph

NASA No. S-72-55170

11 December 1972

These five men in the MCC ponder the solution to the problem of the damage to the right rear fender of the Apollo 17 LRV. During the first EVA a hammer got underneath the fender and a part of it was knocked off. Gene Cerana reported a problem with lunar dust because of the damaged fender. Clockwise are John Young, Charlie duke, Don Slayton, Rocco Petrone and Ronald Elevins. John Young suggested using a lunar map and clamps from the optical alignment telescope lamp. The suggestion was relayed to Cernan and the repair made at the beginning of EVA-2 seemed to resolve the problem.

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Apollo 17 ALSEP View

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1619

11 December 1972

A fantastic westward looking view of the ALSEP site with Family Mountain in the distant background. Footprint and LRV tracks are seen scattered about. In the foreground you can see the tracks left by the LRV as it made a full turn-around which left a circular impression in the lunar soil.

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Apollo 17 Challenger Ignition For Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S-72-55423

14 December 1972

The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) "Challenger" ascent stage makes its lift-off from the lunar surface, as seen in this reproduction taken from a colour television transmission made by the colour RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The LM lift-off was at 188:01:36 ground elapsed time, 4:54:36 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 1972. The LM descent stage is used as a launching platform and remains behind on the Moon.

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Apollo 17 Challenger Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S-72-55421

14 December 1972

The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) "Challenger" ascent stage leaves the Taurus-Littrow landing site as it makes its spectacular lift off from the lunar surface, as seen in this reproduction taken from a colour television transmission made by the colour RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The LM lift off was at 188:01:36 ground elapsed time, 4:54:36 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 1972. The LM descent stage is used as a launching platform and remains behind on the Moon. Here, the two stages have completely separated and the ascent stage is headed skyward.

Man's last farewell to the lunar surface.

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Apollo 17 Challenger Returns To The CSM

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1622

14 December 1972

A wonderful view of the Apollo 17 command and service modules photographed from the lunar module Challenger during rendezvous and docking manoeuvres during the 52nd orbit of the CSM. The LM ascent stage, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, had just returned from the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the Moon. During rendezvous and docking the LM is the active spacecraft during the manoeuvre.

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Apollo 17 Ron Evans Transearth EVA

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS17-152-23391

17 December 1972

Astronaut Ronald E. Evans is photographed performing extravehicular activity during the Apollo 17 spacecraft's trans-earth coast home. During his EVA Command Module pilot Evans retrieved film cassettes from the Lunar Sounder, Mapping Camera, and Panoramic Camera. The cylindrical object at Evans left side is the mapping camera cassette.

The total time for the trans-earth EVA was one hour seven minutes and 19 seconds, starting at ground elapsed time of 257:25 (2:28 p.m.) and ending at ground elapsed time of 258:42 (3:35 p.m.) on Sunday, December 17, 1972.

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Apollo 17 Ron Evans Transearth EVA

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

17 December 1972

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Apollo 17 Spacecraft Near Splashdown

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-554

19 December 1972

The Apollo 17 Command Module, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, nears splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean to successfully concludes the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. This view was taken from a recovery aircraft a few seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 304:31:59 ground elapsed time, 1:24:59 p.m. (CST) December 19, 1972, at coordinates of 166 degrees 8 minutes west longitude and 27 degrees 53 minutes south latitude, about 350 nautical miles southeast of the Samoan Islands. The splashdown was less than a mile from the target point.

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Apollo 17 Splashdown

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-556

19 December 1972

A outstanding view of the Apollo 17 Command Module as it made its splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean about 350 miles southeast of the Samoan Islands. This overhead view was taken from the recovery aircraft as the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 304:31:59 ground elapsed time, 1:24:59 p.m. (CST) December 19, 1972, at coordinates of 166 degrees 8 minutes west longitude and 27 degrees 53 minutes south latitude.

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Apollo 17 Crew Recovery Begins

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1560

19 December 1972

The CM is down and the AP17 Crew are home. One more Navy para-rescue diver is due out of the helicopter and then the hatch will be opened and the three crewmen will egress into the life raft. After egressing the spacecraft, each in turn will be hoisted up to the Navy helicopter.

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Apollo 17 Schmitt Egress After Splashdown

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

Jack Schmitt is helped by a Navy diver from the Command Module after splashdown. Schmitt is the first of the three man crew to egress the spacecraft. The Navy diver with his back to us is taking photographs as each of the crew as they emerge and exit the Command Module.

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Apollo 17 Evans Egress After Splashdown

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1567

19 December 1972

Ron Evans is helped by a Navy diver from the Command Module after splashdown. Schmitt is in the life raft and Cernan will follow Ron out of the spacecraft. One of the para-rescumem seems to be applauding as Ron emerges.

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Apollo 17 Cernan Egress After Splashdown

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

Gene Cernan is helped by a Navy diver from the Command Module after splashdown.

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Apollo 17 Splashdown Crew Recovery

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

The Apollo 17 crew have all egressed the downed spacecraft and are waiting to be lifted onboard the hovering recovery helicopter number 001.

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Apollo 17 Commander The Last To Go

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

The Apollo 17 Commander, Gene Cernan, like all good vessel commanders is the last to embark and be lifted aboard the recovery helicopter.

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Apollo 17 Crew Arrive Safely Onboard

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-72P-560

19 December 1972

The three Apollo 17 crew members arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, to successfully conclude the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. They are astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (waving), Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's left), and Ronald E. Evans (standing in back). VIP's, dignitaries, officials and Navy personnel gave the three crew men a red-carpet welcome. Apollo 17 splashed down at 1:24:59 p.m. (CST), December 19, 1972, about 350 nautical miles southeast of Samoa.

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Ron Evans Addresses Crew & Guests

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1565

19 December 1972

Ron Evans addresses crew and guest aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga about 1 hour after splashdown.

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Eugene Cernan Addresses Crew & Guests

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan addresses crew and guest aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga about 1 hour after splashdown.

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Cernan Addresses Crew & Guests #2

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

19 December 1972

Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan addresses crew and guest aboard the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga about 1 hour after splashdown.

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Schmitt First To Inspect Orange Soil #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S-72-56362

27 December 1972

Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt (facing camera), Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, was one of the first to look at the sample of "orange" soil brought back from the Taurus-Littrow landing site by the Apollo 17 crewmen.

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